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Newport, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84010. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle.

Newport within Davis County

On record in Newport

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

64 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,313 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLUCKY LYNN
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTELEPHONE POLE
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND 2
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNHAM
16 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND FLAT
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPARRISH
14 September 2016Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARD
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSMOKE CHASER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Newport: 11 producers, 8 occurrences, 5 prospects, 3 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Copper, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
FoulgerQuartzOccurrence
Home and Wood PitLimestone, General, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sessions Mountains ProspectLead, SilverOccurrenceVein
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
Se Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Sw Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Beck Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Farmington-Centerville Freeway Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
North Canyon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Davis County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bountiful Park0.0 miles24
Chateau Park0.1 miles24
J Hill Johnson0.3 miles24
Park View0.3 miles24
Lynnhaven0.3 miles24
Ruflin Circle0.4 miles24
Robinvale Estates0.5 miles27
Tanglewood Acres0.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1454078. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.